FL: Woman Shoots at Intruder

"That's what I did, I got my gun and I chased him through the house and he went out the back door and as soon as he hit the steps I shot at him," said Adams.

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CA: Homeowner Disarms Intruder, then Shoots Him

Sacramento County Sheriffs deputies say the man pulled out a gun when the homeowner confronted him. At that point, deputies say, the two wrestled over the weapon, and the homeowner was able to get the gun and shot the man.

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CA: Homeowner Shoots Intruder

Once on the scene, the male homeowner told deputies he had shot a male intruder who “ran at” him when confronted. The owner says he shot the the intruder in the leg and the man ran out of the home. The homeowner told deputies he had the gun because of a previous burglary on his property.

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Students may Pose with Guns: Breaking, Water is Wet

A media source in Omaha is breaking a story.   Students can pose with guns for their senior portraits.

The school board members did not think this was a controversial decision, along with 90 percent of the American public.   They voted for it 6-0.   I am surprised that it even came up for a vote.

Perhaps I should not be, in our ever increasingly politically correct public schools, where nearly all initiative and responsibility have been taken from school boards and teachers by teachers unions and federal and state regulations.   Administrators are terrified to make any decision that might run against the policy desires of the old media.

It is a sign of the times that nearly half of the schools in the area have banned such photographs in craven subservience to political pressures.    From omaha.com:

A district official said a check with a number of Nebraska districts found that about half of them allowed such photos.

 It shows how far the "progressives" have dominated the old media that school boards even considered such a ban.

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CT: Woman Holds Dog Rapist at Gunpoint

WATERBURY — Alice Woodruff said the minutes that ticked by as she held the naked stranger at gunpoint in her backyard Tuesday morning were filled with sheer terror.

Only moments before, the man had raped her pit bull, Layla-Ali, as the dog was chained to her back porch in the city’s Bunker Hill neighborhood, she and police say. When she disrupted the attack, the man, who is suspected to be suffering from mental health issues, told her he was the anti-Christ, she said. “I was screaming and demanding for him to get off my dog. And he said, ‘She’s mine and we’re going to die here today together,’” she said. “I said, ‘I don’t know what your plans are, but I’m not dying today. You’re going to jail, but stay away from my dog.’” The fear was insurmountable, she said.


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Jaylen Ray Fryberg is Identified as Marysville High School Shooter

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The school shooter in Washington State has been identified as  Jaylen Fryberg.    It appears that the shooting was a domestic, as he struggled with a recent breakup with his girlfriend.   He was 15 years old, a hunter and a member of the  Tulapip Tribe.  

The tweets put out by him indicate emotional trauma over the breakup, even though he was voted homecoming king just a week ago, on October 17th.  He was also a member of the football team.

The attack was not random, but was aimed at specific people.  From heavy.com:

According to student witnesses, he walked up to a specific table in the cafeteria before opening fire. Jordan Luton told CNN, “They were his friends, so it wasn’t just random.” The horrific shooting began just after 10 a.m. After attacking the students, Fryberg turned the gun on himself and committed suicide.

It is difficult to say what effect this will have on the initiative battle in Washington State.   On the one hand, the shooter was already prohibited from having a handgun, so the proposed initiatives would have had no effect.  On the other hand, those pushing initiative I-594 have always relied heavily on emotional, rather than rational support for the gun control measure.   This shooting is likely to raise the emotional level in the state.

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Update: He was 15 years old, and used a .40 Beretta handgun. 

What Gun Did the Ottawa Terrorist Use?

This twitter post showed Zehaf-Bibeau with what appears to be a Winchester lever action rifle.    At first, it was unclear if this were the same firearm that he used to shoot Cpl. Cirillo.  

The BBC quickly came up with an identification of the firearm used - a Winchester lever action shotgun!  From the BBC:

He said police were trying to piece together how Zehaf-Bibeau acquired a Winchester lever-action shotgun, as he was banned from owning firearms due to his criminal convictions.

 Then the Ottawa Sun took a shot at the subject.  From the Ottawa Sun:

Police still don't know how he got his hands on the Winchester 3030 pump-action rifle he used to gun down Cpl. Cirillo at the War Memorial.

The National Post finally got it right.  From the Nationalpost.com:

 At a Thursday press conference, RCMP commissioner Bob Paulson confirmed that Zehaf-Bibeau had carried out the shootings with a Winchester 30-30 lever action rifle, a quintessentially Canadian bush gun that is not normally the first choice of would-be terrorists.

Here is a clearer picture of the model of rifle used.  This is a Winchester model 94, made prior to 1964, in caliber 30-30.

I would be remiss not to mention a source form the United States.  From wyomingnews.com:

Police said he was armed with a lever-action Winchester rifle, an old-fashioned, relatively slow-firing weapon.

The 30-30 was considered a powerful and quick firing rifle in its day.   President Teddy Roosevelt was rather impressed with it.

 He acquired an 1894 similar to all his other rifles in extras and embellishments and used it on an antelope hunt. His "little .30" as he called it, was able to knock down a good sized antelope at a distance of more than 180 yds. After witnessing the fantastic shot and the irrefutable and immediate results, his guide said that the gun was just "aces" in his book.

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FL: 500 lb Bear Shot in Home

Black bears are large, potentially dangerous animals.  A retired wildlife officer was forced to shoot one in his Florida home on 22 October, in Lake County.

The bear broke though a window and entered the home.   When the man yelled at it, it turned and came toward him.  That is when he fired, at a distance that he estimated at 10 feet.

From wftv.com:

“I was very scared. I figured when I yelled it would take off, but it didn’t. It just looked right at me and started coming toward the window, where I was at, so that’s when I fired,” Peters said.

The bear was a very large black bear, weighing 500 lbs.

When officers dragged the bear from the house, it left a large blood trail.






The area where the bear was shot was trashed.

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Update: The bear was shot with a Marlin lever action rifle, chambered in 45-70.

 

AL: Homeowner Shoots Suspected Burglar and Vehicle

BIRMINGHAM, Alabama -- Birmingham police are investigating after a homeowner shot at burglars this morning and possibly injured one.

The resident, Arthur Williams, said one of the two burglars ran off clutching his chest after he fired at them with a .22 rifle. A second burglar fled in a white SUV, Williams said. The incident happened about 8:30 a.m. in the 200 block of 61st Street South.

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KY: Reverend Fires Warning Shot to Motivate Departure of Intruder

"He was 50 to 60 yards from the step, and I fired way off in the opposite direction into the ground," said Rev. James. "That was my way of motivating him to leave."

Then firing a second shot, he says the man quickly disappeared over the hill behind his home. And since nothing was stolen from his home, James considers himself lucky.

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SC: Man Shoots at Suspected Arsonist

A resident of the home and complainant said a noise awoke him and he saw flames through his bedroom window, so he ran outside with his gun.

According to the report, the victim saw a male running from the area where the fire was, and the suspect got into a parked brown pickup truck.

As the suspect was driving away, he swerved as if he was trying to hit the victim, and the victim fired one round, which he thinks hit the passenger side of the truck, the report said.

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GA:Homeowner Wins Gunfight in Driveway

DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. —

A shootout in a DeKalb County neighborhood left a robbery suspect dead overnight.

Police said a homeowner was also shot, but is expected to survive. Investigators believe it may be a case of self-defense.

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OH: Suspect Shot by Lease Holder

A person accused of breaking into property in Springfield Township was shot early Wednesday, according to police.

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CA:Woman Assaulted, Shoots Man

Authorities are investigating the shooting death of a Shelter Cove man reportedly killed by a woman after he assaulted her and his girlfriend at his residence on the 200 block of Olson Road Sunday morning, according to a press release from the Humboldt County Sheriff's Office.

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"It appears to be self-defense, however ultimately that is up to the Humboldt County District Attorney's Office," Knight said.

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WV:Robber, Clerk Exchange Shots

The store owner told me that the suspect and his worker each fired one shot. Police have not confirmed this yet, because their having audio trouble with the surveillance video.

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FL:Father Wins Gunfight with Intruder

"The burglar fired a shot and the homeowner returned fire, striking and killing the intruder," said Wendy Rose, a spokesperson for the Sarasota County Sheriff's Office. "Apparently the homeowner has been the victim of burglary recently so he was on alert, he was on edge, and as soon as he heard glass breaking he armed himself to protect himself and his 11-year-old child who was in the home."

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Official autopsy shows Michael Brown had close-range wound to his hand, marijuana in system

ST. LOUIS COUNTY:  The official autopsy on Michael Brown shows that he was shot in the hand at close range, according to an analysis of the findings by two experts not involved directly in the case.  The accompanying toxicology report shows he had been using marijuana.

Those documents, prepared by the St. Louis County medical examiner and obtained by the Post-Dispatch, provide the most detailed description to date of the wounds Brown sustained in a confrontation Aug. 9 with Ferguson police Officer Darren Wilson.

A source with knowledge of Wilson’s statements said the officer had told investigators that Brown had struggled for Wilson’s pistol inside a police SUV and that Wilson had fired the gun twice, hitting Brown once in the hand. Later, Wilson fired additional shots that killed Brown and ignited a national controversy.

The St. Louis medical examiner, Dr. Michael Graham, who is not part of the official investigation, reviewed the autopsy report for the newspaper. He said Tuesday that it “does support that there was a significant altercation at the car.”

Graham said the examination indicated a shot traveled from the tip of Brown’s right thumb toward his wrist. The official report notes an absence of stippling, powder burns around a wound that indicate a shot fired at relatively short range.  But Graham said, “Sometimes when it’s really close, such as within an inch or so, there is no stipple, just smoke.”

The report on a supplemental microscopic exam of tissue from the thumb wound showed foreign matter “consistent with products that are discharged from the barrel of a firearm.”

Dr. Judy Melinek, a forensic pathologist in San Francisco, said the autopsy “supports the fact that this guy is reaching for the gun, if he has gunpowder particulate material in the wound.” She added, “If he has his hand near the gun when it goes off, he’s going for the officer’s gun.”

Sources told the Post-Dispatch that Brown’s blood had been found on Wilson’s gun.

Melinek also said the autopsy did not support witnesses who have claimed Brown was shot while running away from Wilson, or with his hands up.  She said Brown was facing Wilson when Brown took a shot to the forehead, two shots to the chest and a shot to the upper right arm. The wound to the top of Brown’s head would indicate he was falling forward or in a lunging position toward the shooter; the shot was instantly fatal.

A sixth shot that hit the forearm traveled from the back of the arm to the inner arm, which means Brown’s palms could not have been facing Wilson, as some witnesses have said, Melinek said. That trajectory shows Brown probably was not taking a standard surrender position with arms above the shoulders and palms out when he was hit, she said....

The county and private autopsies agree on the number and location of the wounds.

The official autopsy also confirmed that tissue from Brown was found on the exterior of the driver’s side of Wilson’s vehicle.

“Someone got an injury that tore off skin and left it on the car,” Graham said. “That fits with everything else that came out. There’s blood in the car, now skin on the car, that shows something happened right there.”

The toxicology test, performed by a St. Louis University laboratory, revealed tetrahydrocannabinol, THC for short, in Brown’s blood and urine.

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Cheap Gun Opportunity, New Orleans, 25 October, 2014

 

Long Guns Recently Turned In at Phoenix event in May, 2013

The New Orleans Jefferson Parish and Kirsha Kaechelel, will be hosting a gun turn in event on 25 October, 2014. While these events are commonly labeled with the propaganda term "buyback" the guns were never owned by the people attempting to buy them.

The event will be held at The Embassy located  at  1200 Franklin Avenue, between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m.

It appears that they will be giving out cash.   $75 will be given to those who turn in a handgun, $200 will be given to those who turn in "Assault Rifles" (no definition given).  I did not see the price for ordinary rifles and shotguns.

A "progressive" "artist"  states upfront that the purpose is a political message:

"The project itself is basically an anti-gun violence message," Lozano said. 

Nola.com writes a pretty balanced article about the "buy back".   It quotes Steve Levitt:

 Steve Levitt, an economist and co-author of the Freakonomics books, once called gun buybacks the most "ineffectual public policies that have ever been invented in the history of mankind."

 A particularly ironic note is that Kaechele's husband is coming up with the $100,000 for this bit of political theater, but she still owes over $33,000 in back taxes.  It is not unusual for people to abandon properties in overtaxed, Democrate run cities.   But the people who still live in New Orleans have mixed feelings about giving this "progressive" artist a pass.

It's certainly an uncomfortable place she has put herself in. On the one hand, the lifeisart installations seem quite beautiful. On the other hand, it feels like New Orleans was just a convenient place for artists to get that 'third world vibe'. It's some form of poverty tourism/exploitation. These are people's homes, afterall.

Still, her wealthy husband's money might create some opportunities to buy some nice firearms relatively cheaply.   If anyone attends, I would love to have a report.

Across the country, communities, police departments and churches are sponsoring gun turn-ins to get "guns off the street". At many of these events, private buyers are showing up, offering cash for the more valuable guns. These private additions to the public turn-in are effective, no doubt, in getting more guns off the street, because they add to the resources that are available to those who want to get rid of guns for something of value, be it a grocery card or a number of twenty dollar bills.

You can help make the turn-in in your area more effective by standing on the curve with your "Cash for Guns" sign, or at a folding table, willing to offer more than the gift card for firearms that are more valuable. It would be best if numerous private parties were available, as more good guns could then be transferred into responsible hands.

This action serves many useful purposes. It stretches the turn-in budget so that more guns can be taken off the street. It helps keep fearful widows from being defrauded of most of the market value of the gun they are turning in. It prevents valuable assets from being destroyed by bureaucratic inflexibility. It is a win-win-win situation.

It also dispels the pernicious message that guns are bad and should be destroyed.

Link to article with numerous examples of private sales at gun turn in events
 
Link to most recent article about private buyers at Detroit event

Link to Phoenix Article: pictures of private buyers


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What Pistol did Sergeant at Arms Kevin Vickers use?

Smith & Wesson 5946

I would give long odds that it was a Smith and Wesson 5946 in 9mm.   They come with 15 round magazines.   I doubt that the RCMP used the politically correct 10 rounders.

The 3953, above, is also issued, but it is more likely he had the 5946.

The picture is from a discussion of the RCMP pistols on defensivecarry.com.

Another source confirms that the Smith is the choice of the RCMP.  From Silvercore Firerams Training, BC(pdf):

Smith & Wesson 5946 - The Side Arm of the RCMP
Manufactured 1990 - 1999 A double-action-only (DAO) variant of the 5906, this can be visually distinguished from other models by the complete lack of decocker levers. Note that the hole is still there, and is just plugged, so it is hard to tell on a right side shot. The slide is also slightly longer at the back, almost concealing the rounded-off hammer, and the frame matches this contour. Issued at one time to numerous law enforcement agencies, notably the NYPD (not exclusively) and the RCMP.

If you look at the screen shot below, you can see the characteristic outline with the ejection port and the tell tale stainless finish.

Here is a link to the video of Sergeant at Arms Kevin Vickers shortly after the shooting.  He is the larger gentleman with a pistol in his right hand, white hair, and an ID around his neck, in a suit, as shown above.  Below is a screen shot that captures the pistol from the rear.   You can make out the black grips, another confirmation of the 5946 Smith.

Here is Sergeant at Arms Kevin Vickers getting a standing ovation in the House.

Sergeant at Arms, Kevin Vickers.

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